CS1674/2074: Introduction to Computer Vision, Fall 2025

Location (class): SENSQ 5129
Class time: Tuesday and Thrusday, 2:30pm - 3:45pm
Instructor: Nils Murrugarra (email: nem177 AT pitt DOT edu; use “[CS 1674]” at the beginning of the subject line)
Instructor’s office hours: Tue 9:30-11:30 am and Th 4-5pm
Instructor’s office: SENSQ 5419
TA: Zhimeng Luo ( ZHL123 AT pitt DOT edu )
TA’s office hours: Wed 12-1pm @ IS 707, Th 4-6 pm @ zoom
Canvas: used for announcements and assignment submission

Schedule

Date Chapter Slides Homework
08/26 Intro Intro_course [pdf] [pptx]  
08/28   Linear_algebra [pdf] [pptx]  
09/02   Lab 1: Python tutorial A1: Python on canvas
09/04 Low-level Vision Intro_cv [pdf] [pptx]
Filters and Texture [pdf] [pptx]
 
09/09   Filters and Texture
Lab 2: Filters
 
09/11   Filters and Texture A2: Filters on canvas
09/16   Features [pdf] [pptx]
Lab 3: SIFT
 
09/18   Grouping [pdf] [pptx] A3: SIFT on canvas
09/23 High-level Vision Lab 4: K-means
Intro to Recognition [pdf] [pptx]
 
09/25   Intro to Recognition
Lab 5: SVM
A4: K-Means on canvas
09/30   Intro to Recognition
Neural Networks [pdf] [pptx]
Lab 6: Pytorch
 
10/02   Neural Networks A5: SVM on canvas
10/07   Neural Networks  
10/09   Exam 1 Review  
10/14   Neural Networks
Lab 7: Gradient Descent
 
10/16   Exam 1  
10/21   Exam 1 Feedback  
10/23   Convolutional Neural Networks [pdf] [pptx] A6: CNNs on canvas
10/28   Convolutional Neural Networks
Lab 9: CNN
 
10/30   Convolutional Neural Networks  
11/04   Lab 10: Modern ConvNets
Object Recognition and Image Segmentation [pdf] [pptx]
 
11/06   Object Recognition and Image Segmentation  
11/11   Object Recognition and Image Segmentation
Lab 11: Fine-Tuning Mask R-CNN
A7: Object Recognition and Zero-shot Learning
11/13   Sequential Data [pdf] [pptx]  
11/18   Sequential Data
Lab 12: Transformers
 
11/20   Generative Models [pdf] [pptx] A8: GenAI on canvas
11/25   Thanksgiving: No Class  
11/27   Thanksgiving: No Class  
12/02   Generative Models
Lab 13: GANs
 
12/04   Exam 2 Review  
12/08   Exam 2 –> 12pm - 1:50pm @ SENSQ 5129